The classic Newbery winner from 1944. It details the trials and tribulations of a young boy living during the turbulent years immediately preceding the American Revolutionary War. He's an orphan who is eventually indentured to the silversmith Paul Revere. He injures his hand in a smelting accident and must find ways to be useful to his comrades with his handicap. Loaded with patriotic indignity with the perceived injustice of the British occupation, this story provides insight into the times as well as the trials of a young man growing up with National pains as well as his own.
Merit: Newbery winner. Tolerable length and writing style for early readers.
Share: Read aloud over time.
Appeal: Empathetic characters. Exciting activities and times based on factual events like the Boston Tea Party.
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